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Alba called up for Spain qualifiers

The zippy 22-year-old, who normally plays on the left, has proved his ability in defence and attack for his club and shown consistency for Spain's junior teams, Del Bosque told a news conference on Friday.

"He is on good form and we want to have a closer look at him," said the former Real Madrid coach.

"We want to gather as much information as we can as we prepare for the European Championship so we make as few errors as possible."

Del Bosque has the luxury of being able to experiment as the holders have already qualified for next year's finals in Ukraine and Poland with two games to spare and top Group I with a perfect 18 points from six matches.

Spain's game against the Czechs is in Prague on October 7 and the match against Scotland in Alicante four days later.

Del Bosque's 23-man squad contains nine Barcelona players including club captain Carles Puyol and his partner in central defence Gerard Pique.